Tom Ryan has led the Ohio State
wrestling program to unprecedented heights, culminating last season with the
program's first-ever national championship. The 2015 Big Ten, NWCA and InterMat
Coach of the Year, Ryan concluded his ninth season in Columbus by watching both
Logan Stieber and Nathan Tomasello win NCAA titles on the way to the squad's
first ever team title. Additionally, the Buckeyes also ended a 64-year Big Ten
title drought, winning the championship in front of a home crowd at St. John
Arena.

In all, Ryan has coached four
different student-athletes to eight national championships as Logan Stieber
(141 pounds) was a four-time champion, J Jaggers (141 pounds), the 2009 Ohio
State Male Athlete of the Year, was a two-time champion in 2008 and 2009, Mike
Pucillo was the 184-pound champion in 2008 and Nathan Tomasello the 125 pound
champion in 2015. In the NCAA championship team race, the Ryan-led Buckeyes
have finished in the Top 10 in eight of the last nine seasons, including the
2015 national title and back-to-back runner-up finishes in 2008 and 2009.

Throughout his tenure as the
head coach of Ohio State, Ryan, a three-time national coach of the year, has
maintained a high standard of excellence for his student-athletes. In addition
to the successes of Jaggers, Pucillo and Stieber on the national level, under
Ryan's guidance Lance Palmer (2007-10) became just the second four-time
All-American at Ohio State. (Tommy Rowlands was the first). Ryan, a native of
Wantagh, N.Y., is averaging about three All-Americans a season having coached
23 selections during his seven-year term. Within the Big Ten Conference, Ryan
has coached a quartet of Buckeyes to league titles in Pucillo (184 pounds in
2008), Palmer (149 pounds in 2010), Logan Stieber (133 pounds in 2012 and 2013)
and Hunter Stieber (141 pounds in 2013).

Prior to coaching at Ohio
State, Ryan was the head coach at Hofstra from 1995-2006. While with the Pride,
Ryan earned Eastern Collegiate Wrestling Association and Colonial Athletic
Association Coach of the Year honors seven times. He also was named New York
State Coach of the Year twice. Leading Hofstra to six consecutive conference
titles, Ryan and the Pride recorded a 47-match (46-0-1) conference unbeaten
streak in dual action which served as the nation's longest conference unbeaten
streak. Ryan also was an assistant coach at Indiana from 1992-94.

Ryan earned his bachelor's degree in education
from Iowa in 1993. He and his wife, Lynette, have four children, Jordan, Jake,
Teague and Mackenzie